Nanocrystalline silicon solar cells represent a pivotal advancement in thin film technologies, offering a pathway towards enhanced energy conversion efficiencies and reduced manufacturing costs. The ...

A Swiss-German research team proposed to use artificial intelligence (AI) methods to establish process parameters for low-variance thin film formation and reproducibility to be able to predict the ...

Solar cells will be crucial in the global switch to renewable energy as the movement toward carbon neutrality gains momentum and as a concerning pattern of rising temperatures and natural disasters ...

A novel thin-film material capable of simultaneously enhancing the efficiency and durability of tandem solar cells has been developed. Led by Professor BongSoo Kim from the Department of Chemistry at ...

Scientists in Switzerland and South Korea looked deep into the crystalline structure of a perovskite thin-film to better understand the mechanisms behind the sensitivity to heat and moisture that ...

Rooftop solar is a great way to go green and to eliminate, or at least greatly reduce, your monthly electric bill. Providers such as Tesla are now offering turnkey systems revolving around ...

Tin sulfide (SnS) solar cells have shown immense promise in the rush to develop more environmentally friendly thin-film solar cells. Yet for years SnS solar cells have struggled to achieve a high ...

The US manufacturer is opening new factories and betting that a special material will make its thin-film solar cells more efficient. First Solar is expanding production of its thin-film solar cells ...

Scientists have achieved a breakthrough in organic solar cells (OSCs), bringing the technology closer to commercial viability ...

Perovskite films release light in mere picoseconds thanks to ordered nanodomains. This discovery transforms materials once for solar power into quantum-grade light sources.